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Nissan Considers Adding Infiniti Plant in North America

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Colum Murphy

Updated April 14, 2013 9:45 p.m. ET

SHANGHAI—Nissan Motor Co. is considering a new plant in North America to produce at least 100,000 of its premium Infiniti vehicles a year, likely starting in 2017 as the auto maker fans out production globally from Japan.

"One of the challenges we face is that we really do not have a diversified geographical footprint for...